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COMBINATION POOL AND BILLIARD TABLE. I No. 386,089. Patented July 10,1888.

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R. L. RINK.

COMBINATION POOL AND BILLIARD TABLE. No. 386,089. Patented July 10,1888.

ATTORNEY,

NITED PATENT Fries.

RICHARD L. RINK, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO MARK E.SANDFORD AND HENRY WAGNER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION POOL AND BILLIARD TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,089, dated July 10,1888.

Application liled February 29, 1188.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD L. RINK, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Combination Pool and BilliardTable, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved cushion for pool-tables, and has forits object to so construct the same that the cushion may at will beplaced in position to effectually convert a pool-table into a carromtable in a simple and expeditious manner, and wherein, when sotransformed, the cushion will be essentially continuous and smooth andall objectionable joints avoided which might possibly interfere withgood play. The further object of the invention is to also provide aready and efficient means of rapidly reconverting the table to abilliard or pool table.

The invention consists in making the cushion of a pool-table continuousand in dividing the same opposite the pockets; and the invention furtherconsists in providing a removable section of cushion-rail for insertionat the pockets, whereby the ends of the cushions may be carried back toform the open pocket, or formed in a straight 1i ne, as acarrom-cushion; and the invention also consists in the construe tion andcombination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth,and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a partial perspective view of a table having the cushionsarranged for billiards; and Fig. 2 is a similar view, the cushions beingrepresented as arranged for pool. Fig. 3 isa plan view, partiallysectional, of a corner, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view of acorner, as shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective viewsof the removable corner and side pocket cushion-rails, and Figs. 7 and 8are detail views of the locking devices.

In carrying out the invention the table 10 is constructed in anywell-known or approved manner and provided with attached pocketirons 11and 12. The top rails, 13, at the corner pocket-s have their endsbeveled, the in- Serial No. 265,703, (No model.)

clination being from the outer side inward,as best shown at 14 in Figs.3 and 4. The corner ends of the cushion-rails 15 are likewise beveled tocorrespond with the inclined 5 end surface of the top rails. \Vhen sidepockets are employed, the cushion-rails and top rails are finished atthe ends adjacent thereto in similar manner as at the corner pockets.

The elastic cushions 16, secured to the rails 15, are made to extendbeyond the ends of the rails,and the approaching ends of the cushions atthe corners of the table are beveled to form, when broughtin contact, amiter-joint, 18, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. 6

The cushions 16 are likewise made to project beyond the rails at theside pockets, their contiguous ends in this case being finishedstraight, whereby when the said ends are brought into engagement a closetransverse joint, 18, will be effected centrally of the pocket, as bestillustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that in the construction of the table, as abovedescribed, the cushions are unsupported opposite the pockets, and thatthe ends of the rails leading into the pockets are cushionlcss.

In further carrying out the invention a clamping-plate, 19, is providedfor each unsupported end of the cushion, which plate,

preferably made of sheetspring metal,is shaped to the contour of theunderand rearsides and rear top edge of the cushion and provided with aninteriorly-threaded offset, 20, or an attached not upon the outer face,asillustratedin Fig. 7. 8

When the clamps are slid over the ends of the cushions, they snugly litthe same, obtaining an effective hold upon inner and under edges, andlikewise upon the upper and outer edge. It is preferred in practice thatthe 0 clamps be inserted upon the cushions prior to covering saidcushions with the usual green cloth, in order that their presence may beconcealed, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the ends of the top rails at the side and 5 corner pockets a recess,21, is made to receive the nut or offset upon the clamping-plate 19,which recess is intersected by an aperture, 22, bored at an inclinationthrough the outer side face of the top rails or sides of the table, asillustrated in Figs. 3 and et.

The aperture 22 is adapted for the reception of abolt, 23, havingpreferably a milled head, 24, which bolt is usually provided with awasher, 25, the inner end of which is usually beveled for engagement-With the outer surface of the table. If found desirable, the beveled endof the washer may be padded, as shown at m, Fig. 8.

XVhen the table is to be used for playing pool, the ends of the cushionare carried outward in contact with the beveled ends of the top rail andcushion-rail and under the pocket irons. The nut or offset by thisoperation is made to enter the recess 21. The bolt with washer attachedis now entered into the aperture 22 and screwed into the said nut 20.Thus a cushioned entrance to the pockets is effected in as complete amanner as though the table were manufactured for poolbilliards only.

In further carrying out the invention I provide a removable section, 26,of cushion-rail, angular sections for the cushions at the cornerpockets, and straight sections for use at the side pockets.

The various sections 26 are of a size and shape adapted to embrace andsupport the extended ends of the cushions, and to snugly engage thebeveled ends of the fixed cushionrails. Each section is provided uponthe inner face with a recess or recesses, 27, adapted to receive thenuts or offsets 20 of the clamps; and the said sections are alsopreferably provided with a horizontal flange, 28, integral with theupper inner face adapted to rest upon the cushion.

In order that the cushions may be readily curved at the side pockets,they are at that point preferably made thinner, and the material thusremoved is glued or otherwise secured to theinner face of the removablesection of rail adapted to support and stay this portion of the cushion,as illustrated at 29 in s Fig. 6. A second horizontal straight aperture,

30, is made in the side of the table, near the inclined aperturetherein, aligning the clampnut 20 when the cushions are in position foracarromta-ble.

The straight apertures 30 are produced in the table at the ends only,the equivalent apertu re for the side pockets being made in a bar, 31,which is pivoted to the table, supported in any approved manner acrossthe pocket parallel with the side rails, as shown in Fig. 1.

In converting the table from a pool-billiard into a carrom-billiardtable the bolt 23 is unscrewed and the washer 25 removed. The

rail-sections 26 are now entered, respectively, 7

behind the projecting ends of the cushions at the side and end pocketsand in engagement with the fixed cushion-rail, completing-a co11-tiuuous rail around the table. The bolts 23 are now passed into thestraight end apertures, 30, and engaged with the clamp-nut of the cornercushion, and similar bolts are passed through the aperture in the bar 31into the clamp-nuts of the side cushions. By this means in a simple andexpeditious manner a perfect carrom-table is provided, upon which themost scientificgame may be played.

I do not confine myselfto the detail construction of the fasteningdevices shown, as many other equivalent means may be employed.

The illustrated means, however, are preferred on account of theirsimplicity and ready adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is' a 1. A combined pool and billiard tablehaving the ends of its. cushion pliable and abutting at about the centerof the pocket-openings, and provided with means for retaining the saidends straight with the body of the cushion, or at an angle thereto,substantially as described.

2. In a combined pool and billiard table, the combination, with thecushion rail, of cushions secured to the rail having pliable abuttingends extending across the pocket, and means, substantially as described,for retain ing the pliable'ends in engagement with each other to form acontinuous cushion, or in engagement with the walls of thepocket-openings, as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a combined pool and billiard table,the combination, with thecushion-rails, of cushions secured to said rails having pliable abuttingends extending across thepockets,aclamp engaging the said projectingends of the enshion, and a bolt passing through the-table to anattachment with the said clamp, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

4. In a combined pool and billiard table, the

combination, with cushions having pliable abutting ends projectingacross the pockets, of a removable block engaging said pliable cushionends, forming a temporary rail therefor, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

5. In a combined pool and billiard table, the combination, with acushion extending across and divided opposite the pockets, of aremovable block or rail section engaging and sustaining the cushions infront of the pockets, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a combined pool and billiard table, the combination, with acushion extending across and divided opposite the pockets, of aremovable block or rail section engaging and sustaining the cushions infront of the pockets, and means, substantially as described, forsecuring the block and cushion in engagement, substantially as auditorthe purposes specified.

RIOHD. L. RINK.

\Vitnesses:

J. F. AGKER, J r., M. E. SANDFORD.

